[verse1:]
i've gone away
never's today
you stay there
you stay thereby
you stay there biding time

in four walls to blame
a high throne to reign
the rain gives
the rain gives up
the rain is almost for you

move all your rings
tied heart and strings
and lessons
unless they hurt
the last is for us all

i've gone and made
magic mistake
it stays here
it stays here with
it stays here with you

[chorus:]
calculating fools
trying to learn the rules
here we stand, heart in hand
with our faith

fast in our hero's deed
as if it were counseling
where we stand, heart in hand
with our faith

[verse2:]
upon a time
when we trusted rhyme
with reason
with reasoning
with reasons singing chords to

four walls too late
but in time we paint
a master
a masterpiece
our masterpiece before you

hallowed in ice
my words once sufficed, but
it's a story
a story-book
a storybook pretending

wipe clean your face
magic mistakes
they stay here
they stay here with
they stay here with the ending

[chorus:]
calculating fools
trying to learn the rules
here we stand, heart in hand
with our faith

fast in our hero's deed
as if it were counseling
where we stand, heart in hand
without faith
in a million little gods